Lighting Media Picks up Zombie Flick Bio-Dead

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Lightning Media, a Los Angeles based motion picture distributor, has secured the North American and UK rights to Manfred Evets Productions’ post apocalyptic themed horror film “BIO-DEAD”. The deal was negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers by Exec-Producer/Producer's Rep Paul W. Hazen with Lightning Entertainment's Senior VP of Acquisitions Joseph Dickstein.

Set in the not-too-distant future, “BIO-DEAD” takes place during the aftermath of a bioterrorist attack that has killed twelve million people and rendered Southern California uninhabitable. The once thriving mecca has now become a contaminated wasteland known as “The Zone”. Hazmat teams are dispatched into “The Zone” to search for survivors and document all casualties.

When a lone hazmat team enters a seemingly abandoned building after dark, the men begin to experience terrifying hallucinations and soon realize that they are not alone. Trapped inside the compound with no escape, the terrified team finds themselves locked in a struggle for survival against a vicious predator… and each other.

“BIO-DEAD” is the feature debut for writer/director Stephen J. Hadden, whose short film “Where’s Julie?” premiered at the 2006 New York City Horror Film Festival.

“We are thrilled that BIO-DEAD has found a home with Lightning Media,” Hadden announced today. “I was extremely impressed with Lightning’s vast catalogue of horror, thriller and sci-fi titles. They are obviously a company that not only appreciates genre films, but also understands how to market them successfully.”